Once Upon a Time

Grief Stories is a charity that creates free resources about grief for people who are grieving, people supporting those in grief, and grief professionals. Our videos, podcast, and blog posts are created with people with lived experience, as well as mental health professiona... Read more

  Erin Harrell is a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice. She holds a master’s degree in Contemplative Psychotherapy and Buddhist Psychology from Naropa University. She began that degree at the age of 38 after working as an in-home caregiver. Her relationshi... Read more

  Born and raised in Estes Park Colorado, home of the Rocky Mountain National Park. This area is also known for the haunted ‘Stanley Hotel’ where parts of Steven King’s ‘The Shining’ and Dumb and Dumber with Jim Carrey were filmed. Joshua is 25 years old, moved to Portlan... Read more

  Chris Brown is an experienced cybersecurity executive and management consultant known for his innovative approach to integrating cybersecurity with business strategy. He has a unique talent for connecting technical issues with broader business impacts, helping organizati... Read more

  Armin Tolentino served as poet laureate for Clark County Washington from 2021-2023 and is the author of the collection We Meant to Bring It Home Alive (Alternating Current Press).  He earned an MFA at Rutgers University-Newark and is a former Oregon Literary Arts Fellow.... Read more

  Join Consuelo on a conversation with Erick Mertz, professional ghostwriter, editor, and self-publishing author, who lives in Oregon City. He attended the University of Oregon where he received a degree in English and Comparative Literature. For the last twenty years, he ... Read more

  Leanne Kent Norden is a ceramic artist residing in Portland with her husband, cat, four ducks, and garden.  Her relationship with ceramics began in high school in Southern California, then grew while she was a student at Tulane University, and continued when she moved to... Read more

    --------   LIVE ➜Phone Lines Open, 503.231.8032 ➜Listeners encouraged to participate   Jessica E. Johnson (she/they) is the author of the book-length poem Metabolics (Acre Poetry Series), the chapbook In Absolutes We Seek Each Other (New Michigan Press), and the mem... Read more

  Matty spent a tumultuous youth in the all-ages clubs of Portland's seedy downtown, where he learned to play guitar and perform. The DIY culture of this environment instilled skepticism for the mainstream. This attitude was affirmed by the growing Anti-folk movement in N... Read more

  Jaye Nasir is a writer whose work blurs the line between the real and the unreal. Her poetry, fiction, and essays have appeared in many small literary journals, both local and international, including Buckman Journal, Moss: A Journal of the Pacific Northwest, Strange Hor... Read more